http://datatheft.org Tracking data theft and security breaches. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:52:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Express Scripts (Nasdaq:ESRX), one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America, announced today that a small number of its clients have received letters threatening to expose the personal information of its members. The threats are believed to be connected to an extortion threat the company made public ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/11/12/1m-reward-offered-to-solve-data-theft-crime/ Dispatches - Television Documentary "The Data Theft Scandal" Click on the above link to view the documentary, it highlights the simplicity of data theft and the disturbing acquisition and sale trends relating to personal data.  The documentary highlights staff from call centres in India and the UK intercepting credit card, bank ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/10/30/data-theft-documentary/ The Washington Trust Co. has notified about 1,000 customers that their debit and credit card accounts might have been compromised in a suspected security ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/09/28/the-washington-trust-co/ A Florida man who was one of 11 people indicted in a massive retail data theft has plead guilty in federal court. Twenty-five-year-old Christopher Scott of Miami pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy, unauthorized access to computer systems, access device fraud and identity theft. Prosecutors said Scott was an expert at hacking wireless ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/09/23/florida-man-pleads-guilty-in-retail-data-breach/ A resident of Solana Beach, Calif., has been charged with stealing customer data from luxury car seller Maserati North America Inc. and then trying to extort money from the company by threatening to publicly disclose the details of the system intrusion. Full Story Here http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/09/23/california-hacker-charged-with-data-theft-extortion-over-maserati-breach/ An employee of State Farm fraudulently used customer information to open credit-card accounts. Customers' Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, addresses and possibly ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/09/15/state-farm-insurance/ If you shopped at the stores between November 26, 2003 and October 24, 2005, criminals may have stolen your credit and debit card numbers from its computers. Approximately 20,500 ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/09/15/forever21/ An unauthorized person gained access to a database containing 20,500 personal accounts such as names, addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, account balances and Social ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/09/10/franklin-savings-and-loan/ A former mailroom supervisor at the Ohio Police & Fire Pension System forwarded the names, addresses and Social Security numbers from his work e-mail ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/08/30/ohio-police-fire-pension-system/ It was confirmed that the Camelot branch, at Cape Coral Parkway and Chiquita Boulevard, has had several debit cards’ identities stolen because someone placed ... http://datatheft.org/index.php/2008/08/29/wachovia-bank-florida/